After the Lakers missed the playoffs, the team began to carry out offseason reinforcements, Westbrook and Davis' contract became the biggest difficulty for the team, according to ESPN news, bull core LaVine will become an unrestricted free agent in the summer, he is likely to join the Lakers, assist James, if everything is ready, Lavine will join the Lakers in a first-and-later way.
LaVine played for the Bulls this season and is an important outside core of the team, in 2014 LaVine was selected by the Timberwolves with the 13th pick in the first round, in the team, he showed great talent, and twice won the All-Star Dunk King Championship, and then due to the Timberwolves' talent, he had no choice but to trade him to the Bulls, in the Bulls, LaVine won the ball, gradually grew into the core of the team, and in 21 and 22 years, twice selected for the All-Star bench.
He played in 67 games for the Bulls this season, averaging 24.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 47.5% from the field and 39% on three-pointers.
According to the news, the reason why LaVine wants to leave the Bulls is very simple, after the team got DeRozan, his original core position has been banned by him, and he wants to win the championship, and now the strength of the Bulls, completely can not meet his wishes, and LaVine and James are the same agent, are Rich Paul, two years ago, LaVine in an interview has publicly stated that he wants to play with James, this time LaVine is gradually fulfilling his original promise to assist James.
The Lakers got LaVine, which is completely very good news for the team, after all, the Lakers' aging lineup is very troublesome to the team, LaVine is 27 years old, is at the peak of his career, and performs very well in the Bulls, fully able to become a team giant to use, but to reach this deal, LaVine and the Lakers must make some give-ups, first of all, If LaVine stays on the team, he can sign a five-year contract with the Bulls for up to $212.3 million in the offseason, and if LaVine wants to sign first and then join the Lakers, LaVine's biggest contract can only be $157.4 million for 4 years.
And if the Lakers take the first sign and then change, must give up an All-Star player, One of the two men, Westbrook, Davis, the Lakers want to send away Westbrook is not a secret, if you can get Lavin to send away Westbrook, it is absolutely advantageous for the Lakers, but the Bulls should let the Lakers take a first-round pick, the Lakers to protect the first round of 2027, painstaking, now have the opportunity to get Lavin, I don't know if they will choose to compromise.
James pairs lavine, Davis, and then selects some capable veterans in the free market and finds a manager with good tactics, and it is foreseeable that the Lakers are still worth looking forward to next season.